TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—Attorney General Ashley Moody has filed a lawsuit against the Biden-Harris administration for not producing documents in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. The request, submitted by the Florida Attorney General’s Office in March, seeks information on policies that allegedly allow the release of dangerous criminals into U.S. communities following their release from federal prisons.
Attorney General Moody stated, “In addition to flat out refusing to secure the border, reports indicate that President Biden and failed Border Czar Kamala Harris refuse to deport dangerous illegal immigrant prisoners once they are released from prison. On top of that, reports last week show possible foreign gang affiliated illegal aliens overtaking apartment complexes in American cities. This administration has made it clear they will not turn over documents showing this dangerous and unlawful scheme in a timely manner. Now, American cities are suffering in a very public way. I will not stand idly by and allow this dereliction of duty; that is why I filed suit today.”
The FOIA request filed in March sought reasons behind the alleged release of criminal illegal aliens into U.S. communities instead of deporting them back to their countries of origin. At the time, Moody remarked, “The Biden administration has full knowledge that prisoners from other countries are making their way into the United States through our wide-open border. Now, we are demanding to know reasons why the Biden administration is releasing criminal illegal aliens in U.S. prisons directly into the interior rather than deporting them back to their country of origin. This reckless scheme could have disastrous and serious repercussions, and the American people deserve to know.”
After receiving no response from the administration, Moody filed a complaint for injunctive relief and document production in federal district court. The complaint asserts that historically, illegal aliens prosecuted for crimes were deported after serving their sentences until recent changes under the current administration's policies.
The complaint highlights an incident where armed gang members allegedly took over an apartment complex in Colorado as an example of the consequences stemming from these policies: “Recently, Americans watched in horror as they witnessed the consequences of this Biden-Harris policy...when armed gang members took over an apartment complex in Colorado and used it as a base for criminal activity.”
Further detailing issues with current practices regarding drug traffickers caught at sea versus asylum seekers caught on land or at sea, Moody's complaint argues: “For the first time in history...the Biden-Harris Administration has abandoned [deportation] practice…In other words...drug traffickers and other serious criminals brought to the United States only for serving prison time are being released straight into our communities to wreak havoc on our citizenry.”
Read the full complaint here.
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